Washing-machine



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM M. HAMMOND, OF JONESVILLE, MICHIGAN.

WASHING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent No.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, WM. M. HAMMOND, of t-he village of Jonesville, inthe county of Hillsdale and State of Michigan, have invented new anduseful Improvements in Tashing-Machines; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the constructionand operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings,making a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a top view ofmy machine. Fig. 2 is a vertical sect-ion on x Fig. 3 is a verticalsection on g/ y. Fig. 4 is a view of under surface of disk rubber. Fig.5 is a plan view of tub with rubber removed, ls)hwing balls whichconstitute the clothing Similar characters of reference in the severalfigures denote the same part.

The nature of my invention consists in the employment of a system ofloose balls sufliciently heavy to prevent their fioating, as a bed forthe reception of the clothing, and using in combination therewith acellular disk rubber, the construction and operation being substantiallyas hereinafter set forth.

L is a lever across the top.

A, A, are round balls which prevent the Wear and tear of the clothes; F,F, a reciprocating follower or rubber.

C, C, are concavities in the lower side of follower; P, a post in thetop of follower; H, a handle; I, an iron pivot which works in acorresponding socket in the lever L; E, an iron strap, which is fastenedto t-he side of t-he tub to which the lever L is attached 18,045, datedAugust 25, 185'?.

by means of a pivot or hinge; S a strap or stirrup.

The operation of the machine is as follows: The clothes are thrownpromiscuously into the tub Fig. l, it being supplied with hot water, &c.The clothes are pressed down upon the balls (A, A,) with the foot of theoperator by means of the stirrup S, when the follower F, F, is made torotate by the use of the handle The clothes are subj ected to aconstantly rolling pressure without the usual liability of wear andtear.

I do not claim either the tub or reciprocating follower, to be any partof my invention, since they have been used, as in Wisners and otherimprovement-s (patent). Neither do I claim anything of the nature offloating balls, as the balls in my improvement, practically, do not ioatand should be made of some heavy material; nor do I claim anything likerollers, conical or otherwise, requiring pivots upon which to turn; forthe reason that the balls are a marked improvement, having no pivoteither to rust or wear out or to injure the clothes. But

What I do claim, and what I desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The bed formed of loose weighted balls, covering the tub bottom, incombination with the cellular disk rubber, arranged and operatingsubstantially as and for the purposes set forth.

WM. M. HAMMOND.

lVitnesses z A. B. HIMMAN, GEO. E. DUDLEY.

